Melrose Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Melrose Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the

Union Pacific West Line The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its western suburbs. Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union ...

. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 23 to 29 minutes, depending on the train. , Melrose Park is the 196th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 86 weekday boardings. Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north platform and outbound trains use the south platform. The middle track does not have platform access. As of December 5, 2022, Melrose Park is served by 38 trains (19 in each direction) on weekdays, by 10 trains (five in each direction) on Saturdays, and by nine trains (five inbound, four outbound) on Sundays and holidays. Melrose Park was originally built by the Chicago and North Western Railway and acquired by Metra. The station is at Main Street and North 18th Avenue, in Melrose Park's business district. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the west, on Broadway Street, and one block to the north, on West Lake Street.

Bus connections

Pace * 303 Forest Park/Rosemont * 309 Lake Street * 313 St. Charles Road

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Station from 19th Avenue from Google Maps Street View
Metra stations in Illinois Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations

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